Life Update: The Big One
This year has already been so busy. Marriage. Grad School. Research Project. Promotion. And now, at last, I can put my dream on that...
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Bailey Merlin
Bailey Merlin
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
Publication Alert
My flash fiction piece “Wellspring Wandering” was published by Bait/Switch, which is a unique journal because it is intensely...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
Examining Life
It’s easy to be happy online. You work to put together the filter, the caption, the hashtags, the everything, and the end product is this...
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Bailey Merlin
- Feb 10, 2019
- 1 min
Poetry Update 5!
I am pleased to announce the very recent acceptance and publication of my poem “Passive Drop” on Dime Show Review today. It is an honor...
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Bailey Merlin
- Oct 25, 2018
- 1 min
Poetry Update 4!
I can’t believe that I’ve actually had 10 pieces accepted this year. After setting the goal for myself at the end of July, I never...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jul 25, 2018
- 1 min
Poetry Update 3!
This week has been one of those “When it rains, it pours” sort of situations. After a submission frenzy earlier this month, two of my...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jul 22, 2018
- 1 min
Poetry Update 2!
Exciting news, everyone. My poem “Rule of Nines” has recently been published by the gracious team at The Indianapolis Review. Please,...
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Bailey Merlin
- Apr 30, 2018
- 5 min
The Bond House: Biscotti in the Car
Blurry and, yet, we look great Sometimes it’s hard to believe that it was only four months ago that I moved into a house with Craigslist...
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Bailey Merlin
- Dec 17, 2017
- 4 min
The 2017 Wrap
My new playground The end of the year is upon us (thank God), and I must admit that it has been the strangest 12 months of my life. I...
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Bailey Merlin
- Nov 16, 2017
- 4 min
Bailey is Hopeful (but, y’know, tentatively)
Getting ready for the wedding in a, yes, monogrammed plaid shirt. My niece gets up to no good in the background. Walking down the streets...
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Bailey Merlin
- Oct 17, 2017
- 2 min
Autumn of Anything Goes
Me wearing a piece of clothing that makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I haven’t written lately. It hasn’t been for a lack of trying or...
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Bailey Merlin
- Sep 6, 2017
- 2 min
Start Your Engines
I don’t necessarily have anything to say, but I do feel obligated to update. Since Paris, I’ve been getting my ducks in a row for a big...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jul 27, 2017
- 2 min
Paris: Day 3
A couple of fearless women, one with crazy hair (news flash: it me). I knew I would mess up and skip a day of blogging. What can I say?...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jul 13, 2017
- 2 min
Stop Being Such a Shit Bird, Bailey
It’s been several weeks since I last blogged. I’m not sure if that’s because Canton is low-key, or if I’m just boring. Probably the...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jun 5, 2017
- 2 min
Thesis Torture #1
After 6 months of hand-wringing, my thesis adviser finally finished my draft. And guess what? It was as bad as I thought it was going to...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 27, 2017
- 2 min
Change and Staying the Same
It’s Saturday morning here in the Merlin house. My sisters are watching cartoons, my dog is playing with the family’s German shepherd,...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 21, 2017
- 2 min
A New Notebook
For most of my life I’ve written every day. Summers always slump in productivity because I allow myself to bingewatch too much t.v. and...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 15, 2017
- 1 min
Deep in the Heart of Georgia
I’ve been here two full days now. My whole life burnt down to the studs and, almost surprisingly, I’m still here. I did not cease to...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 8, 2017
- 2 min
Writing & Suffering
On Saturday my five-year relationship ended abruptly. It hurt. It still hurts. I hate that person as much as I love them. And yet,...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 3, 2017
- 1 min
Found Poetry #1
So, I’ve been rocking this whole 9-5 thing for a whole three days now. I gotta say, while it is soul crushing, there are some serious...
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